A civilian and a policeman were killed Tuesday when unidentified gunmen attacked a police post guarding a Shrine at Tujar Sharief in Sopore, police said.
Talking to KNS, DIG North Range Gareeb Dass said that two motorbike borne unidentified gunmen indiscriminate opened fire upon the policemen, guarding the shrine, in Tujjar Shareef this afternoon, resulting in critical injuries to the cop. “He was immediately shifted to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival. The assailants also decamped with the service rifle (INSAS) of the deceased cop,” said Dass. The slain policeman was identified as Constable Fayaz Ahmad (belt No. 415 of IRP 13th Bn), son of late Abdul Khaliq of Wadura Sopore.
The DIG North Range added that a civilian in a wheelchair identified as Abdul Rashid Lone s/o Mohammad Kamal Lone was also injured in the indiscriminate firing and succumbed to injuries on way to hospital.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel
Dass said the police have registered a case and started investigation. “However, the identity of the attackers could not be ascertained,” he said.
He also said that today’s attack being an isolated incident of its kind could not be linked to the reports making rounds about resurgence of militancy in North Kashmir. “I don’t see any such trend in North Kashmir,” he said, adding that from police records not much is evident that local boys in North Kashmir are joining militancy.